Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, November 23rd
(Updated at 1:00 PM)
World Cup Soccer: (in Qatar)
(4 Wednesday games)
Belgium 1 Canada 0
The Canadian team will also face Croatia Sunday (8 AM PT) and Morocco on Thursday, December 1st (7 am PT).
Spain 7 Costa Rica 0
Japan 2 Germany 1
Croatia 0 Morocco 0 (Tie)
(4 Tuesday games)
Saudi Arabia 2 Argentina 1
Denmark 0 Tunisia 0 (tie)
Mexico 0 Poland 0 (tie)
France 4 Australia 1
Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United by mutual consent, with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/WHjjfjWFzZ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 22, 2022
World Cup scores and schedule can be found right here.
WHL:
The (12-9) Prince George Cougars put a 3-game winning streak on the line when they host the (13-8) Moose Jaw Warriors tonight at 7:00.
The Cougars lead the B.C. Division by two points over the (9-4-3-1) Kamloops Blazers, but the Blazers have four games in hand.
The Warriors are 4th in the 12-team Eastern Conference.
Prince George has the second-best power play in the WHL (28.7 %) only behind the Portland Winterhawks (32.5 %).
The schedule for the Cougars can be found here.
The WHL standings can be found here.
Catscan Podcast:
In this week’s Cat Scan #podcast @PGCougars coach-gm Mark Lamb talks about the team’s record, offensive success, inconsistent play, acquisition of Cole Dubinsky, his scouting report on top-10 scorers Koehn Ziemmer & Riley Heidt plus the addition of coach Jim Playfair. https://t.co/hZRPCSQUNA
— Hartley Miller (@Hartley_Miller) November 16, 2022
WHL column:
Ex-WHLer, family leave Ukraine for Saskatoon . . . Are you able to help them? . . . Hurricanes halt Ice’s 15-game tear https://t.co/feiUq3Or1l
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) November 23, 2022
NHL: (2 Tuesday games)
Buffalo 7 Montreal 2
New York Rangers 5 Los Angeles 3
The (6-10-3) Vancouver Canucks visit the (11-5-1) Colorado Avalanche tonight (7:00 PT).
It is one of 15 Wednesday games in the NHL with only LA and Tampa Bay idle.
The seven Canadian teams are all on the road this evening.
The Canucks have lost a lead by at least two goals in seven of their 19 games.
The Canucks regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL regular season schedule/results are right here.
The NHL standings are right here.
BCHL:
The (12-6-1-1) Prince George Spruce Kings host the (12-5-2) West Kelowna Warriors Friday night at 7:00 and again on Saturday at the same time.
Prince George is 3rd in the 9-team Interior Division although they are tied in points with second place West Kelowna.
The Spruce Kings schedule can be found here.
The BCHL standings can be found here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (BCEHL)
(Under-18)
The (5-6-1) U18 Cariboo Cougars visit the (9-2-1) Greater Vancouver Canadians Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and Sunday morning at 8:30 in Richmond.
Cariboo is 7th and Greater Vancouver 2nd in the 9-team league.
(U18 female)
The (6-11-2) Northern Capitals host the (15-0) Fraser Valley Rush Friday night at 6:45 at Kin 1, Saturday night at 4:00 at Kin 2, and Sunday morning at 8:15 at Kin 2.
These will be the Capitals’ final three league games until January.
The league scores, standings, and stats for all BCEHL divisions can be found here.
NFL: (Week 12)
The 12th week of the NFL season starts with three games on Thursday which is the American Thanksgiving: Buffalo at Detroit (9:30 AM PT), New York Giants at Dallas (1:30), and New England at Minnesota (5:20).
The Bills and Cowboys are favoured by nine while the Vikes are favoured by a field goal.
Canada West basketball:
The UNBC Timberwolves host the Calgary Dinos in Canada West basketball at the Northern Sport Centre.
Games will be played Friday night at 5:00 and 7:00 and Saturday evening at 4:00 and 6:00 starting with the women followed by the men.
UNBC is 3-3 (men) and 0-6 (women) while Calgary is 4-2 (men) and 5-1 (women).
These will be the final league UNBC basketball games until the new year.
The UNBC women’s basketball schedule is right here.
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